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' portion containing the eye, substantially as UNITED STATES PATENT"OFFICE.

JOSEF ZIMMERMANN, OF AACHEN, GERMANY.

NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,590, dated November3, 1896.

Application iiled July 1, 1896. Serial No. 597,700. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom tm/tty concern:

Beit known that I, JosEE ZIMMERMANN, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing in Aachen, Germany, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sewing- Needles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a sewing-needle with aiiattened eye and flattened central portion to facilitate the threadingand the guiding of the needle while passing the same through the cloth,silk, and other woven fabrics.

The invention consists in the improved sewin g-needle having a centralflattened portion arranged in the same plane as the flattened will behereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses ofthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents in elevation myimproved sewingneedle; Fig. 2, cross-sectional views through the same,taken on the lines A A, B B, C C, and D D; and Fig. 3, a sectional viewon the line a; :c of Fig. l.

The needle ct is provided at its upper end with a flattened portion b,in which the eye c is arranged in the usual manner. The central portionof the needle is attened, as at cl d, and connects by theoutwardly-curved planes e e with the rounded portions fand g thereof.The flattened portions cl d are arranged in the same plane as theiiattened portion b, as clearly shown. By this arrangement the threadingof the needle is greatly facilitated, while the needle is held by itsattened portion between the ngers for the purpose of threading. The eyecis always in front, that is to say, in the direct line of vision of theholder. The needle while being passed 'through the fabrics can be heldand guided more easily and the fingers will not tire so quickly.Therefore more work can be accomplished in less time than with othersewing-needles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sewing-needle having a rounded body and a flattened eye portion andhavin gits central portion flattened in the same plane as the flattenedeye portion, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A sewing-needle, havinga rounded body and a flattened eye portion,and having its central portion iiattened in the same plane as theflattened eye portion, and having said central flattened portionconnected with the rounded portions by outwardly-curved planes,substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of thetwo undersigned witnesses.

JOSEF ZIMMERMANN.

